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Supreme Court to Review Hank Skinner Case

By Steve Hall

The initial AP report is, "Supreme Court to review case of Texas death row inmate who wants DNA testing," via the Los Angeles Times.  The Court will hear the case in its next term, which begins in October.The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a Texas death row inmate should have access to evidence for DNA testing that he says could clear him of three murders. The justices said Monday they will use the case of Hank Skinner to decide whether prison inmates may use a federal civil rights law to do DNA testing that was not performed prior to their conviction. Federal appeals courts around the country have decided the issue differently. The high court previously blocked Skinner's execution while it considered his appeal...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 24, 2010 (boomark / email).